Ekhaya lasebekhulile e-Omaha, e-USA, amantombazane angaphezu kweshumi asebekhulile ahlezi ehholo ethatha isigaba sokuqina, ehambisa imizimba yawo njengoba ayalwe ngumqeqeshi.
Amahlandla amane ngesonto, cishe iminyaka emithathu.
Ngisho mdala kunabo, umqeqeshi we-Bailey uhleli esihlalweni, aphakamise izingalo ukunikeza imiyalo. Amantombazane asebekhulile asheshe aqala ukuzungeza izingalo zawo, ngalinye lizama konke okusemandleni abo njengoba bekulindelwe umqeqeshi.
UBailey ufundisa ikilasi lokuqina lomzuzu wama-30 lapha njalo ngoMsombuluko, ngoLwesithathu, uLwesine, nangoMgqibelo ekuseni.
Ngokusho kweWashington Post, umqeqeshi Bailey, oneminyaka engu-102 ubudala, uhlala ngokuzimela e-Elkridge RETEMENT ekhaya. Ufundisa amakilasi okuqina ehholo esitezi sesithathu amahlandla amane ngesonto, futhi abelokhu enza njalo iminyaka emithathu, kepha akakaze acabange ngokuma.
UBailey, owayehlala lapha iminyaka engaba yi-14, wathi: "Lapho ngiguga, ngizothatha umhlalaphansi."
Uthe abanye babahlanganyeli abajwayelekile banesifo samathambo, esikhawulela ukunyakaza kwabo, kodwa bangakwazi ukwenza kahle izivivinyo futhi bazuze kukho.
Kodwa-ke, uBailey, owayevame ukusebenzisa uhlaka lokuhamba, wathi ungumqeqeshi oqinile. "Bayangihlekisa ukuthi ngiqonde ngoba lapho sivivinya umzimba, ngifuna ukuba benze kahle futhi basebenzise imisipha yabo kahle."
Naphezu kokwenza umxhwele, uma bengakuthandi ngempela, ngeke babuye. Uthe: "Lawa mantombazane abonakala ebona ukuthi ngenzela okuthile, futhi lokho uqobo lwami."
Phambilini, owesilisa obambe iqhaza kulesi sigaba sokuqina, kodwa washona. Manje sekuyisigaba sansuku zonke.
Isikhathi sesifo sebhubhane saholela kubahlali besebenzisa.
UBailey waqala lesi sigaba sokuqina lapho ubhubhane lwe-covil-19 lwaqala ngo-2020 kwathi abantu bebodwa emakamelweni abo.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-99, wayemdala kunabanye abahlali, kodwa akazange abuyele phansi.
Uthe ufuna ukuhlala ekhuthele futhi ubelokhu emuhle lapho eshukumisa abanye, ngakho-ke wamema omakhelwane bakhe ukuba bahambise izihlalo emphakathini futhi benza izithako ezilula ngenkathi begcina ukudideka komphakathi.
Ngenxa yalokho, izakhamizi zazijabulela kakhulu ukuzivocavoca umzimba, futhi ziye zaqhubeka zikwenza njalo.
UBailey ufundisa lesi sigaba sokuqina komzimba wamaminithi angama-30 njalo ngoMsombuluko, ngoLwesithathu, uLwesine, nangoMgqibelo ekuseni, ngoMgqibelo ekuseni, enezinto ezingaba ngu-20 zomzimba ongenhla naphansi. Lo msebenzi ubuye wajulisa ubungane phakathi kwabesifazane asebekhulile, abanakekelana.
Noma nini lapho kunosuku lokuzalwa lomhlanganyeli ngosuku lwesigaba sokuqina, uBailey babhaka amakhekhe. Uthe kulokhu, wonke usuku lokuzalwa luyisigameko esikhulu.
I-Gait Training Electric Wheelchair isetshenziswa ekuqeqesheni kabusha kwabantu abalele embhedeni futhi abanokukhubazeka okuphansi kokuhamba kwezinga. Ingashintsha phakathi kokusebenza kwezihlalo ezinamasondo kagesi kanye nomsebenzi wokuhamba osizwa ngokhiye owodwa, futhi kulula ukusebenza, uhlelo lwe-electromagnetic brake, ukubopha okuzenzakalelayo ngemuva kokumiswa kokusebenza, kuphephile futhi kungakhathazeki.
Isikhathi sePosi: Jun-08-2023
